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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: Jeff Gray <jwg@netbox.com>
Cc: Questions at FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: Maximum number of clients reached 
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On Thu, 21 Oct 1999 22:17:01 MST, Jeff Gray wrote:

> % Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Maximum number of clients reached
> xterm Xt error: Can't open display: :0    

I'm sucking answers out of my thumb here, but how many psuedo-terminals
do you have configured into your kernel and how many pty devices are
configured in /dev ?

	grep pty /path/to/MYKERNELCONFIG

If you suspect that this is indeed your problem, check out this entry in
the FreeBSD FAQ:

	http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/admin.html#AEN2024
Ciao,
Sheldon.


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